Nigeria’s Dapchi school abduction: Father’s plea to find daughter

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Extra troops search for 110 Nigerian schoolgirls believed to have been seized by Boko Haram jihadists.

Italian election dominated by immigration debate

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Fascist party Casa Pound may be small, but its anti-immigrant rhetoric is being echoed more widely.

The American who fled ‘gay conversion’ in Africa

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A midnight taxi; an emergency flight home; a new life in New York. An ex-Muslim tells his story.

The blind MMA champion helping others defend themselves

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When Ronald Dlamini went blind it ended his sporting career, but now he's training other blind people to protect themselves.

DR Congo protests: Protester killed in Kinshasa demonstration

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Security forces used live bullets to disperse a demonstration by church groups.

A white wedding during Ethiopia’s Red Terror

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Aynalem and Genet married each other during one of the bloodiest times in the country's history.

Wydad Casablanca are crowned Caf Super Cup champions

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Wydad Casablanca of Morocco are the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Super Cup champions after beating TP Mazembe of DR Congo.

South Africa police station raid: Seven suspects shot dead

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Seven people accused of killing South African police are killed in a shoot-out at a church.

Inspirational Africans – or glory-hunters?

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A record number of Africans competed this year - but most of them live in the US and Europe.

How the Nile could see a ‘water war’

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A new dam on the river Nile could trigger the world's first war about water, writes Alastair Leithead.